Matthew Marsh (actor)
{{Short description|English actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Matthew Marsh.jpg
| caption = Actor Matthew Marsh (left) at the London 2012 Paralympic Games Maker
| name = Matthew Marsh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| relatives = Jon Marsh (brother)
| yearsactive = 1981–present
}}
Matthew Marsh (born 8 July 1954) is an English actor. He is the older brother of Jon Marsh of the English dance band "The Beloved". He has appeared in the films The Fourth Protocol (1987), Diamond Skulls (1989), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Alambrado (1991), Dirty Weekend (1993), Spy Game (2001), Miranda (2002), Bad Company (2002), Quicksand (2003) and An American Haunting (2005). In 2011 Marsh starred in the biopic film The Iron Lady as the United States Secretary of State Alexander Haig. In 2005, Marsh starred as Simon Hewitt in the first series of The Thick of It.
In May 1998, Marsh portrayed the character Alex Duncan in the British TV programme As Time Goes By, series 7, episode 3 entitled "The New Neighbours". He co-starred with Amanda Burton in The Commander, and guest-starred in the sixth series of the spy drama Spooks in 2007 and the second series of Lewis in 2008. He played Harry Gallo in the New Tricks (series 7, episode 9) "Gloves Off" in 2010. He appeared twice in Midsomer Murders (season 6, episode 3 "Painted Blood" and season 10, episode 7 "They Seek Him Here"). He has also appeared in the Red Dwarf episode "Holoship" and the fifth episode of series two of Game On, "Tangerine Candy Floss and Herne Bay Rock" as Brian Kennedy, Mandy's lecherous former university tutor in 1996, as well as portraying Elton John in John and Yoko: A Love Story the 1985 made-for-TV film. In 2019 Marsh went on to play Jacques De Molay, the ill-fated 14th century Grand Master of the Knights Templar in seven episodes of History's Knightfall.
His frequent theatre work includes Copenhagen (1998){{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/london/E8821148251465/20+Questions+With%85+Matthew+Marsh.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918033559/http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/london/E8821148251465/20+Questions+With%85+Matthew+Marsh.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 September 2012 |title=20 Questions With… Matthew Marsh |author=Terri Paddock |date=22 May 2006 |publisher=whatsonstage.com }} and Blood and Gifts (2010). He played Winston Churchill in Michael Dobbs's play Turning Point which aired as one of a series of TV plays broadcast live on Sky Arts channel. The two-hander depicted a little-known October 1938 meeting between the future prime minister and Soviet spy Guy Burgess, then a young man working for the BBC. Burgess was played by Benedict Cumberbatch,{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/119982 |title=The Day Churchill Met Traitor Guy Burgess |work=Daily Express |date=12 August 2009 |accessdate=22 September 2011 |location=London}} with whom Marsh had previously worked in the acclaimed 2004 TV movie Hawking.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1987
| Barry Banks | |
| 1989
| Raul | |
| 1990
| William | |
| 1991
| Wilson | |
| 1993
| Bascombe | |
| 1997
| Detective | |
| 2001
| Spy Game | Dr. Byars | |
| rowspan=2| 2002
| Miranda | Charles | |
| Bad Company
| Dragan Adjanic | |
| 2003
| Michel Cote | |
| 2005
| James Johnston | |
| rowspan=2| 2006
| Papa Max | |
| O Jerusalem
| Sir Gordon | |
| 2009
| Endgame | F.W. de Klerk | |
| 2011
| |
| 2012
| Brigadier General Hauser | |
| rowspan=3| 2017
| Unlocked | Frank Sutter | |
| Dunkirk
| Rear Admiral | |
| The Little Vampire 3D
| Gernot | Voice role |
| rowspan=2| 2019
| |
| The Informer
| Warden Leinart | |
| 2020
| General Geoffrey Mandel | |
| 2022
| Gray | |
| 2023
| Tetris | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1981
| Prisoner | 1 episode |
| 1984
| Sydney | 1 episode |
| 1985
| Television film |
| 1986
| 1 episode |
| 1986
| Charles Strange | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1989
| Anything More Would Be Greedy | Mark Golan | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1990
| Chancer | Gavin Nichols | Main role, 12 episodes |
| 1991
| Willem Maas | 1 episode |
| 1991
| Boon | Dr. James Harlon | 1 episode |
| 1992
| Captain Hercule Platini | 1 episode |
| 1992
| Neil Farrell | 1 episode |
| 1992
| Angus Norris | 1 episode |
| 1993
| Cluedo | Terence Radcliffe | 1 episode |
| 1993
| Det. Sgt. Peter Woodward | 1 episode |
| 1993; 1995; 1997; 2000
| The Bill | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1994
| Lawrence Cooper | 2 episodes |
| 1994
| D.I. Machin | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1995
| DCI Hawkes | 1 episode |
| 1995
| Bugs | Graeme Hurry | 1 episode |
| 1996
| Claims Manager | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1996
| Madson | Det. Insp. Rourke | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1996
| Game On | Brian Kennedy | 1 episode |
| 1996
| Howard | Television film |
| 1998
| Alex Duncan | 1 episode |
| 1998; 2008
| Keith Hibbert / Edgar Faussett | 2 episodes |
| 2000
| Attilla | 1 episode |
| 2000
| Mr. Lockwood | 1 episode |
| 2001
| Lloyd Dupen | 2 episodes |
| 2001
| Otto Rose | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2002
| Tom Vincent | 1 episode |
| 2002
| Brian Balfour | 1 episode |
| 2003-2006
| DCI Mike Hedges | Main role, 8 episodes |
| 2003; 2007
| Tony Carter / Jack Braxton | 2 episodes |
| 2003
| Real Men | DCI Norton | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2004
| Hawking | Dr. Josh Holloway | Television film |
| 2004
| Bishop Noonan | 1 episode |
| 2005
| Simon Hewitt | 1 episode |
| 2005
| Viktor Zinchinko | 1 episode |
| 2005
| Rupert | 1 episode |
| 2006
| Vladimir | 1 episode |
| 2006
| Merrion | 1 episode |
| 2007
| Television film |
| 2007
| Bob Hewitt | 1 episode |
| 2007
| Spooks | Bob Hogan | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
| 2008
| Lewis | Henry McEwan | 1 episode |
| 2008
| Glen Menford | 1 episode |
| 2009
| Kenneth Adams | 1 episode |
| 2010
| Foreign Policy Advisor | Television film |
| 2010
| Luther | DCSU Russell Cornish | 2 episodes |
| 2010
| Jonathan Nugent | 1 episode |
| 2010
| Harry Gallo | 1 episode |
| 2011
| Hidden | James Morpeth | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2013
| Jo | Egon Kroemer | 1 episode |
| 2014
| Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2015
| Chief Constable Anson | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2015
| Capital | Lothar | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2015-2018
| Casualty | Brian Carroll | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2016
| Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Television film |
| 2016
| Sidney Sutton | 1 episode |
| 2017
| Delane | 1 episode |
| 2017
| Taboo | Exorcist | 1 episode |
| 2017
| Riviera | Alexei Litvinov | 1 episode |
| 2017
| 1 episode |
| 2017
| Matthew | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2018
| Alan Forbes | 2 episodes |
| 2018
| Ballentine Morgan | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2018
| Humans | Lord Dryden | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| 2019
| Director Casey | 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| 2019
| West of Liberty | Clive 'GT' Barner | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2020
| Harry Graham | 1 episode |
| 2021
| Major | 1 episode |
| 2021
| Percy Welsh | 1 episode |
| 2022
| ''Father Brown | Lord Arthur Hawthorne | 1 episode |
| 2023
| Vera | Phil Kingston | Series 12, Episode 3 Blue |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Death Eater #2 / Dragon Handler #2 | |
| 2009
| Axel Kaminsky |
| 2011
| El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron | Sin | |
| 2015
| |
| 2019
| AL-AN | |
| 2022
| Miriel, Pastor of Vows/Isolated merchant |
| 2023
| Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed | Ghondor |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|550624|Matthew Marsh}}
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Male actors from London
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